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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017
WORLD IN BRIEF
dignity,” Najib said. “Don’t ever insult our country and don’t try
to cause disruptions here.”
Associated Press
Trump signs new travel ban
targeting those seeking new visas
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump today signed a
new version of his controversial travel ban, aiming to withstand
court challenges while still barring new visas for citizens from
six Muslim-majority countries and shutting down the U.S. refu-
gee program.
The revised travel order leaves Iraq off the list of banned coun-
tries but still affects would-be visitors from Iran, Syria, Somalia,
Sudan, Yemen and Libya.
Trump privately signed the new order today while Homeland
Security Secretary John Kelly, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
and Attorney General Jeff Sessions formally unveiled the new
edict. The low-key rollout was a contrast to the first version of
the order, signed in a high-profile ceremony at the Pentagon’s
Hall of Heroes as Secretary of Defense James Mattis stood by
Trump’s side.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer was not sched-
uled to hold an on-camera briefing today either, leading to the
appearance that the president was distancing himself from the
order, which was a signature issue during his campaign and the
first days of his presidency. The order also risks being overshad-
owed by unsubstantiated accusations the president made over the
weekend that former President Barack Obama had ordered the
wiretapping of his phone during the campaign.
The original travel ban caused immediate panic and chaos
at airports around the country as Homeland Security officials
scrambled to interpret how it was to be implemented and trav-
elers were detained before being sent back overseas or blocked
from getting on airplanes abroad. The order quickly became the
subject of several legal challenges and was ultimately put on hold
last month by a federal judge in Washington state. That ruling
was upheld by a federal appeals court.
The revised order is narrower and specifies that a 90-day ban
on people from the six countries does not apply to those who
already have valid visas or people with U.S. green cards.
An angry weekend follows on
heels of frustrations for Trump
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump started his
weekend in Florida in a fit of anger over his young administration
getting sidetracked just days after his most successful moment
in office. He returned to the White House late Sunday derailed
— again.
Trump’s frustration appeared to be both the symptom and the
cause of his recent woes. Angry about leaks, errant messaging
and his attorney general landing in hot water, he fired off a series
of tweets that only ensured more distractions.
His staff had hoped to build on the momentum generated by
his speech to Congress by rolling out his revamped travel ban
and, potentially, unveiling his health care plan. Those efforts rap-
idly unraveled, sparking more staff infighting and enraging a
president loathe to publicly admit a mistake and eager to shift the
blame onto others.
And now, as Trump begins one of the most pivotal weeks yet
for his presidency, his staff is facing the fallout from another alle-
gation of close ties to Russia and the president’s unsubstantiated
claims that his predecessor ordered him wiretapped during the
campaign.
Trump simmered all weekend in Florida before returning
to Washington ahead of signing new immigration restrictions,
according to associates who spoke to the president and, like oth-
ers interviewed, requested anonymity to discuss private conver-
sations. Those close to Trump said it was the angriest he’s been as
president, his rage bursting to the surface at his senior staff Friday
afternoon in the Oval Office.
Are high heel dress codes sexist?
UK lawmakers hold debate
LONDON — British lawmakers focused on footwear today,
asking whether employers should be able to make women wear
high heels as part of a corporate dress code.
Members of Parliament were to debate a ban on mandatory
workplace high heels, in response to a petition started by a recep-
tionist who was sent home without pay for wearing flat shoes.
Nicola Thorp was told in December 2015 that her shoes were
unacceptable for a temporary assignment in London with finance
firm PwC.
Her employment agency, Portico, had a dress code specifying
that female workers must wear non-opaque tights, have hair with
“no visible roots,” wear “regularly re-applied” makeup — and
appear in shoes with a heel between 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centi-
meters) high.
Ex-sect members: Prosecutors
obstructed abuse cases
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at the White
House in Washington on Sunday from a trip to Florida.
For Thorp, that was a step too far.
She started an online petition, calling formal workplace dress
codes “outdated and sexist.” It has gathered more than 150,000
signatures, making it eligible for a debate in Parliament.
Thorp told the BBC that “dress codes should reflect society.”
“Twenty years ago, women weren’t allowed to wear trousers
in the same role that I’m doing now,” she said. “And it’s only
because some women spoke up about that and said, ‘We feel like
we have a right to wear trousers,’ that that’s changed.”
today’s debate is non-binding, but the political pressure for
companies to scrap mandatory high heels is building. British
law forbids companies from discriminating against women, but
Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee said in a report
sparked by Thorp’s experience that “discriminatory dress codes”
remain commonplace.
North Korea fires 4 banned
ballistic missiles into sea
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea today fired four banned
ballistic missiles that flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) on
average, with three of them landing in waters that Japan claims
as its exclusive economic zone, South Korean and Japanese offi-
cials said. The test-launches appeared to be a reaction to huge
U.S.-South Korean military drills that those countries consider
routine but that Pyongyang insists are an invasion rehearsal.
It was not immediately clear the exact type of missile fired,
but the tests will be viewed as a provocation by the Trump
administration, which is working on its policy for North Korea.
The New York Times reported over the weekend that the United
States still can’t effectively counter Pyongyang’s actions despite
efforts to perfect cyber and electronic strikes against North
Korea’s missile program.
Pyongyang has test-launched a series of missiles of various
ranges in recent months, including a new intermediate-range
missile in February; it also conducted two nuclear tests last year.
The ramped-up tests come as leader Kim Jong Un pushes for a
nuclear and missile program that can deter what he calls U.S.
and South Korean hostility toward the North.
There have been widespread worries that the North will con-
duct an ICBM test that, when perfected, could in theory reach
the U.S. mainland. Washington would consider such a capabil-
ity a major threat.
U.S. national security adviser H.R. McMaster and his South
Korean counterpart Kim Kwan-jin talked by phone after the
missile firings. The two condemned the launches and agreed to
boost cooperation to get the North to face more effective sanc-
tions and pressure, according to South Korea’s presidential
office.
Malaysia protecting its ‘dignity’
in expelling NK ambassador
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia is protecting its
“sovereignty and dignity” by expelling the North Korean ambas-
sador, the prime minister said today, as relations between the
countries unraveled over the poisoning of Kim Jong Nam, the
estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader.
In an attack many believe was orchestrated by North Korea,
Kim died less than 20 minutes after two women wiped VX nerve
agent on his face at Kuala Lumpur airport on Feb. 13, authori-
ties say. The women, one from Vietnam and one from Indonesia,
have been charged with murder.
North Korea has denied any role in the killing and accused
Malaysia of conspiring with its enemies. North Korean Ambassa-
dor Kang Chol has rejected a Malaysian autopsy that found Kim
was killed with VX, a banned chemical weapon.
Today, Prime Minister Najib Razak said the decision to expel
Kang sent a clear message.
“It means that we are firm in defending our sovereignty and
SPINDALE, N.C. — At least a half-dozen times over two
decades, authorities investigated reports that members of a secre-
tive evangelical church were being beaten. And every time,
according to former congregants, the orders came down from
church leaders: They must lie to protect the sect.
Among the members of the Word of Faith Fellowship who
coached congregants and their children on what to say to inves-
tigators were two assistant district attorneys and a veteran social
worker, the ex-followers told The Associated Press.
Frank Webster and Chris Back — church ministers who han-
dle criminal cases as assistant DAs for three nearby counties —
provided legal advice, helped at strategy sessions and partici-
pated in a mock trial for four congregants charged with harassing
a former member, according to former congregants interviewed
as part of an AP investigation of Word of Faith.
Back and Webster, who is sect leader Jane Whaley’s son-in-
law and lives in her house, also helped derail a social services
investigation into child abuse in 2015 and attended meetings
where Whaley warned congregants to lie to investigators about
abuse incidents, according to nine former members.
Under North Carolina law, prosecutors cannot provide legal
advice or be involved in outside cases in any manner. Violation of
those rules can lead to ethics charges, dismissal and disbarment.
As US aid and influence shrinks
in Pakistan, China steps in
WASHINGTON — Pakistani leaders often wax lyrical about
their “sweeter than honey” relations with all-weather friend
China. There’s no romance about their marriage of convenience
with America.
As the Trump administration plots its policy toward a key
partner, it will find Pakistan being drawn deeper into Beijing’s
embrace and its promise of $46 billion in energy, infrastructure
and industry investments by 2030. The money could transform
the Muslim nation’s economy.
Washington, by contrast, is losing faith in how much its lar-
gesse can influence Pakistan. Many frustrated U.S. policymakers
see Pakistan as a terrorist haven that some $30 billion in secu-
rity and economic assistance since the 9/11 attacks has failed to
fix. But an American retreat could have broad implications for its
ability to maintain stability in a regional powder keg of extrem-
ism, weak governance and various potential conflicts.
“I get the sense that we are the dispensable ally once again,”
Bilalwal Bhutto, a Pakistani opposition party leader and son of
the slain former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, said during a
recent visit to Washington.
U.S. assistance to Pakistan has been declining since 2011 when
American commandos killed Osama bin Laden inside Pakistan,
straining relations. And as the U.S. troop presence in neighboring
Afghanistan has shrunk, Pakistan has become a lower priority.
Aid could decline further as President Donald Trump proposes
drastic cuts to diplomacy and foreign aid budgets.
China’s congress meeting
brings crackdown on critics
BEIJING — Chinese authorities have shut down activist Ye
Haiyan’s blogs and forced her to move from one city to another.
Left with few options, she now produces socially conscious paint-
ings to make a living and advocate for the rights of sex workers
and people with HIV or AIDS.
Using calligraphy brushes, Ye creates images of naked women
and sex workers alongside symbols such as the Chinese char-
acters for equality, or paints roosters, a Chinese homonym for
prostitute.
“I’ve started to understand that painting is also a form of
expression and the natural reflection of my thoughts,” said Ye,
who is in her early 40s. She was recently evicted from her last
home in an artists’ enclave on Beijing’s outskirts ahead of the
annual meeting of China’s ceremonial parliament that opened
Sunday.
Far from the pomp of the 10-day gathering at Beijing’s Great
Hall of the People, Ye is among those caught up in an annual
roundup of people the ruling Communist Party considers threats
to the state, all to ensure the session passes without incident.
Known critics are placed under tightened restrictions and ordi-
nary people coming to Beijing with grievances are prevented
from traveling or snatched off the streets of the capital.
This year’s meetings also come amid China’s broadest and
most intense assault on civil society since nongovernmental
groups were grudgingly allowed more freedom to operate more
than a decade ago.
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